BayLUG News

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA - With the end of 2004 rapidly approaching, the Bay Area LEGO Train Club’s 2005 calendar is already filling up. We have signed up for five shows so far for 2005, and two of them are already confirmed. Plus, we still have one show remaining for 2004. Below is information on our upcoming shows. The details for our 2005 appearances are not finalized yet, so please stay tuned for all of the information.

Friday, December 10, 2004 to Sunday, January 2, 2005

Museum of American Heritage
351 Homer Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94301

The Bay Area LEGO Users Group (BayLUG) and Bay Area LEGO Train Club (BayLTC) are pleased to announce that we will be displaying at the Museum of American Heritage in Palo Alto for the month of December, open to the public starting December 10.

Show Hours:
Friday-Sunday 11am-4pm
Monday-Thursday closed

Admission: Donation

BayLTC will be presenting a self-running 12′x25′ layout with several loops of trains running through town, farming, and suburban scenes. The theme of this layout is “Holidays in the Bay Area,” and will feature locally-based scenes with a holiday theme. In addition, BayLUG members will have a variety of other models on display.

Saturday-Sunday, February 12-13, 2005
Great America Train Show
Cow Palace
Geneva Avenue & Santos Street
Daly City, CA 94104
Status: Hold for Show

Friday-Sunday, March 18-20, 2005
Train Collectors Association Cal-Stewart Spring Meet
Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Status: Confirmed for Show

Monday-Sunday, July 11-17, 2005
Depot Days for Kids
Museum of the San Ramon Valley
Corner of Railroad Avenue & Prospect Avenue
Danville, CA 95426
Status: Confirmed for Show

Saturday-Sunday, September 24-25, 2005
Great American Train Show
Santa Clara County Fairgrounds
344 Tully Road
San Jose, CA 95111
Status: Hold for Show

Saturday-Sunday, November 26-27, 2005
Great American Train Show
Alameda County Fairgrounds
4501 Pleasanton Avenue
Pleasanton, CA 94566
Status: Hold for Show

The Museum of American Heritage (MOAH), The Bay Area LEGO® User Group (BayLUG) and Train Club (BayLTC) are combining forces this winter to create spectacular Holiday season fun at MOAH. MOAH visitors can explore a variety of LEGO creations and an operating LEGO train layout featuring a wide variety of creations by club members that range from futuristic spaceships and classic 1960 LEGO constructions to models of large heavy equipment and famous landmarks. How many will you be able to identify? Highlighting it all is Holidays in the Bay Area, a 12 by 25 foot train layout incorporating multiple trains running through city, farm, and suburban scenes.

Living LEGO-cy will be open to the public from December 10, 2004 through January 2, 2005 during normal exhibit hours. Come and find out just how many clever ways LEGO can be used. Club members will be present during weekend hours to answer questions and support the displays.

The Museum of American Heritage, located in the historic Williams House in Palo Alto, operates programs to collect, preserve, and present objects that illustrate the evolution of 19th and 20th century invention and technology. MOAH provides hands-on education to engage and encourage the public, especially youth, to understand and appreciate the history of technology as a stimulus for the creative mind. In addition, the Museum sponsors events that bring together diverse individuals and groups interested in our heritage of ingenuity and invention.

Regular exhibit hours are 11 AM to 4 PM, Friday, Saturday and Sunday (except Christmas Day and New Years Day). Admission is free.